West Virginia University Reed College of Media students spent the fall semester
taking a deep dive into West Virginia issues with the help of two investigative
reporting pros, Derek Willis and Ken Ward.
100 Days in Appalachia, an independent, nonprofit news outlet and learning
lab for students in the
West Virginia UniversityReed College of Media, is among 164 organizations nationally to be named a
2020
Report for America (RFA) newsroom. RFA employs and embeds talented, emerging
journalists to report on under-covered issues and communities.
100 Days was founded in 2016 and has garnered a national reputation as a go-to source
for real stories coming out of Appalachia told by the journalists and community
members living and working there. It is an ongoing, evolving project that aims
to change the national perception of Appalachia, but it’s also an innovative platform
that experiments with new digital storytelling and community engagement techniques.